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Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Community★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★17%
A game about a megalomaniac machine, a spaceship and lots of buttons! Everyone loves pushing buttons and seeing what happens, no?
I used Haxe, SWFMIll, the GIMP, SFXR and Yoshimi (synth). The machine was running Ubuntu 10.10 and fonts came from Dafont.com.
I used some of the utilities that I announced previously.
I should be able to upload a timelapse soon.

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Comments11

FireSlash
FireSlash20 Dec 2010, 03:32
This game needs instructions of some kind. it's very difficult to figure out exactly whats going on, or even what the goal is.
VDOgamez20 Dec 2010, 03:53
I wasn't quite sure what I was doing. I started pressing buttons, and then I blew up. I don't think I discovered much. You're supposed to blow up, right?
Moops
Moops20 Dec 2010, 14:55
Hahaha I think maybe the commenters are missing the point? Its like being hurled into the future on a starship and you see all these buttons flashing WARNING and you have no idea what to do oh god!! Fun game.
stevejohnson
stevejohnson20 Dec 2010, 17:53
This is the most confusing thing I have seen in a while. I guess that's the point, and it works! But I still died.
increpare20 Dec 2010, 21:48
Pushing buttons is indeed fun. I think I blew up. It was fun. I haven't had anyone push those buttons in a while.
ranklar
ranklar21 Dec 2010, 01:58
Decent concept, and the functionality was decent (I think?) if everything was indeed working, which I can't be sure of as the "game" is completely wonky. Fun? Not for me, but it was a nice idea. I like your use of audio! The polish and audio alone kicked my game's butt.
Endurion
Endurion21 Dec 2010, 10:44
Good idea making discovery of what the buttons do the game ;)
Still quite confusing, but here it's quite good. I'm not sure what happens when you "win". It seems for me when the image on the bottom right shows a blown circuit.
devinmoore
devinmoore22 Dec 2010, 16:10
This reminds me of the Apollo VGC(sp)... very cool. Only thing is... Now I want a window to see space! Other than that, a really cool idea and well-executed for what it's supposed to be.
tonic23 Dec 2010, 20:37
This is weird, couldn't figure out the game. I just randomly smashed the buttons. Is the game somehow generated to be different each time?
hdon
hdon1 Jan 2011, 00:50
I discovered that if you lower your shields before the "incoming" thing arrives, you will die! But then nothing else ever comes :(

I think the reason people are having negative reactions is because of the psychological impact of being virtually killed several times.
bernardfrancois
bernardfrancois9 Jan 2011, 22:02
@hdon: I thought the goal of the game was to destroy the device...

I played it once and succeeded in doing this by doing random stuff.

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